Thursday, December 31, 2015

366 Project recap and stats

Anyone who has been following the blog for a while knows that my blog was named after a project I tried to attempt a few years ago. My goal was to send and receive 366 personal pieces of mail- 1 for every day of the year. (It was a leap year that year.) After failing a few times, I finally succeeded in my part of the goal (sending). Honestly, I stopped diligently keeping track of my sent mail after I hit 366 so there are a few more things that weren't counted. Here are the stats:

Sent mail

Letters: 71

Packages- 8

Postcards:171

Cards 128

Grand total- 378!!! Yeah! I told the woman at the post office that I finally met my goal. She laughed and said "On behalf of the US Postal Service.. I thank you for funding my job"

Received Mail:

Letters: 27

Postcards:117

Cards:38

Packages:32

Grand total-214

One of my friends once asked if I was disappointed that the mail in didn't always add up to the "mail out." Obviously I love getting mail but some things I have sent mail out for (like ChemoAngels, or a sympathy card or a note to a student), I do not expect any reply. The other issue is that I have been horrible with replying in a timely manner so I am not picky when people write back to me.The thing I'm most happy about is that all of these people have taken time to prepare mail for me specifically, whether it was a letter, a birthday card, a surprise package, etc.

In 2016 I will no longer try to send/receive 366 pieces of mail but I plan to keep writing... a lot. My personal goal for my writing is to respond to a letter in the same month that I get it. I'm still working on my reply pile from last year, but I'm hoping to get through is as soon as possible. I'm inspired to catch up. I also want to do better with sending things like birthday cards and Christmas cards. I'm horrible with that. (Most of my cards sent were letters written in a notecard form.)

Do you have any writing related goals for 2016? What about any resolutions?

2 comments:

High five on meeting your goal :) Do you have any other goals aside from writing goals? I haven't thought enough about my 2016 plans. I know I hope to do a good job living life on mission for Jesus. I also hope to spend good time in the Word every day. I'd love to start a Bible journal... I hope to write back to letters within a week of receiving them... and it would be awesome to keep my house clean. :) Warm New Years wishes from Wisconsin to MA! :)

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I'm a woman who is interested in learning about different people of the world and what life is like for them. I love penpalling and I'm always looking for people to write with. If anyone is interested in writing, send me an e-mail!